Didn't they just get another post? Probably why he is leaving.
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Transfer portal
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Didn't they just get another post? Probably why he is leaving.
The only other new transfer portal kid Murray State got that I saw was this kid- a 6'6" shooting guard from Mercer University, Shawn Walker--
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...165#post510165
But they did pick up this juco transfer- 6'10" Malek Abdelgowad -
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/sports/m...cle_8b762382-d813-11ed-997a-833db704add8.html
This latest kid to leave Murray State, Marion Lestin (see above), is probably leaving because the coach doesn't ever play him.
An interesting tidbit I ran across this afternoon from SLU coach Travis Ford:
Ford said he's encountered some players with NIL agents, who are inserting themselves into the process and throwing out six-figure dollar amounts. “We quickly say, ‘we’re out of this game.’ We tell them if they can get it, go get it. I want a kid who wants to be here.”
Ford said he's encountered some players with NIL agents, who are inserting themselves into the process and throwing out six-figure dollar amounts. “We quickly say, ‘we’re out of this game.’ We tell them if they can get it, go get it. I want a kid who wants to be here.”
Nashville Cat
Member
Hopefully that approach is pervasive. Good for him.
tomahawk chop
Member
Agree, it should be about the players that want to stay and play for the school and the coach that brought them there and took a chance on them.
Another Tweet I ran across today talking about the money being thrown around by big time programs:
Andy Wittry
@AndyWittry
Here’s how collectives approach men’s basketball’s first transfer portal window. - Players might meet with a collective while on a visit - High end of offers is reportedly ~$800,000 - Collectives not involved in recruiting still face fundraising pressure on3.com/nil/news/colle…
Andy Wittry
@AndyWittry
Here’s how collectives approach men’s basketball’s first transfer portal window. - Players might meet with a collective while on a visit - High end of offers is reportedly ~$800,000 - Collectives not involved in recruiting still face fundraising pressure on3.com/nil/news/colle…
ManMythLegend
Member
Wonder where HOTB lands in the budget range. I'd heard (not sure on the accuracy) what the players got last year. I wonder if that pot has grown or stayed the same.
One of their founding members told me some figures.... they are small by comparison to anything you hear from Power Conf schools. Obviously the players aren't gonna say no and given the alternative, all the BU players are going to partake. But even our top players aren't getting a fraction of what they'd get if they headed to a Big Ten bottom dweller (Nebraska) or an A-10 bottom dweller from the east coast (URI).
Hard as it is to believe, Rhode Island's Athletic Department's budget is twice what Bradley's is and they seem to come up with a lot of $$ when needed -- they are paying their new head coach in the range of $2 mil per year- https://turnto10.com/i-team/universi...-championships
obviously the figures are just estimates, but there is a website dedicated to tracking NIL money and you can compare the players from Bradley to the ones from Rhode Island or Nebraska.
Bradley- https://www.on3.com/nil/rankings/pla...team-key=20387
Rhode Island- https://www.on3.com/nil/rankings/pla...?team-key=8917
Nebraska- https://www.on3.com/nil/rankings/pla...team-key=16674
(they got track & VB players making 5 times what Bradley players make (*estimates- and most that you will see are on the low side))
PhiAlphaBoy
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yoda, if I'm reading this right those numbers for Leons seem awfully low. Is this saying he's only earning around $9,000 from NIL? I would expect him to be getting significantly more than that.
ManMythLegend
Member
Yeah those numbers are not at all accurate. And there's no reporting system set up so unless the school, player, or collective opt to make them public there is no way of actually knowing.
Correct.
on3 assigns value to every athlete based on their social media followers. In some states, disclosure of NIL deals is law. But for HOTB contracts, the numbers will never be public for many reasons.
And we can compete with just about anyone in the country, frankly.
PhiAlphaBoy
New member
This is great to hear JMM28! As a lifelong Bradley fan I am very appreciative of the group of 5 who took the initiative and time to set up (and provide seed money) for HOTB.
ManMythLegend
Member
Glad to hear that. Thanks for the bit of insight.
Claims vary, but the numbers suggest only a few get the big money.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/spor...-made/3765040/
Top athletes get $1-2 million, maybe more. Many in money sports at the big schools get $50-100K.
Almost all the rest get $1,000-10,000. Numbers are not widely being reported, there's no obligation to make the deals public.
But if anyone says players at the midmajor level are getting way, way more, then I would love to see any such evidence.
Interestingly, one of the only places some of the figures have been revealed is from this marketing firm Bloomberg reported on
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...much#xj4y7vzkg
$900 million, split 100,000 ways with men's basketball getting 20%, works out to about $36K average across all of DI men's basketball.
But I doubt more than a few pct of mid-major players get above that average.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/spor...-made/3765040/
Top athletes get $1-2 million, maybe more. Many in money sports at the big schools get $50-100K.
Almost all the rest get $1,000-10,000. Numbers are not widely being reported, there's no obligation to make the deals public.
But if anyone says players at the midmajor level are getting way, way more, then I would love to see any such evidence.
Interestingly, one of the only places some of the figures have been revealed is from this marketing firm Bloomberg reported on
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...much#xj4y7vzkg
$900 million, split 100,000 ways with men's basketball getting 20%, works out to about $36K average across all of DI men's basketball.
But I doubt more than a few pct of mid-major players get above that average.
Stryker
New member
Agreed. It is heavily skewed towards the top. Both nationally, and on each team. It wouldn't surprise if most mid major starters were getting $10-$15k or so, with the star players getting $25-$30k. Real hard to guess though.
Adam Miller commits to Arizona State
Valparaiso loses 2 more players from their depleted roster-- Little-used players Joe Hedstrom and Emil Freese-Vilien have decided to retire from basketball for medical reasons.
https://twitter.com/TVBOren/status/1648030109675188226
That now leaves Valpo with just 4 returning players for 2023-24, none of whom were starters. and who cumulatively averaged only about 10 points last season (Darius DeAveiro, Connor Barrett, Ibra Bayu, and Jerome Palm). They have two 2023 recruits signed, Canadian high schoolers Jahari Williamson, and Yanis Bamba, and they just got a commitment from a preferred walk-on (Weston Aigner).
New Valpo coach Roger Powell, has 7 open scholarships.